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4000 Bowls Of Rice [1993] ISBN: 1863735798 Area: Asia By: Linda Goetz Holmes Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Cecil Dickson's letters in 1945 (2/2 Pioneer).
A Doctor's War [2005] ISBN: 0732280087 Area: Asia By: Rowley Richards Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers P/L
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW.
A Guest Of The Emperor [1996] ISBN: 0864391900 Area: Asia By: Russell Savage Publisher: Boolarong Press
Comments: P.O.W. at Changi, Burma Railway & Japan. Survivor of Rakuyo Maru torpedoing en route to Japan.
A History Of 2/18th Infantry Battalion AIF [2006] ISBN: 1876439831 Area: Asia By: D. Elliot and L. Silver Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/18 Infantry Battalion. Prior title was Against All Odds.
A Life For Every Sleeper [1988] ISBN: 0043780091 Area: Asia By: Hugh V. Clarke Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the appalling conditions on the Burma Railway. Many photos and a summary of D, F, H, K and L Forces.
A Long Way from Silver Creek [2000] ISBN: 1875574395 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Gee Publisher: Margaret Gee
Comments: Author's family history. Over a third covers the experiences of her father, Alan, in the Navy, with H.M.A.S. Perth and as a P.O.W. with Williams Force on the Burma Railway.
A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia During the Second World War, Vol.1, Singapore & Malaya 1942-1945, The Changi Connection [2002] ISBN: 0953000451 Area: Asia By: David Tett Publisher: BFA Publishing
Comments: 400pp, A4 hardback. Erudite. Philatelic study but includes photocopies of many cards/letters to/from POWs or internees mostly between Singapore & UK. Significant information on camps & handling of mails.
A River Kwai Story The Sonkrai Tribunal [2007] ISBN: UNKNOWN Area: Asia By: Robin Rowland Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: What happened to F Force on the Burma Railway - lead up, events and resultant war crimes trials.
A Thousand Cups Of Rice [1994] ISBN: 0890159904 Area: Pacific By: Kyle Thompson Publisher: Eakin Press, USA
Comments: Author was U.S. National Guardsman from Texas who became a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
Against The Odds [2009] ISBN: 9780958119016 Area: Worldwide By: Walter Gherardin Publisher: Albert Coates Memorial Trust
Comments: Biography of Sir Albert (Dr) Coates by his son-in-law.
All Men Back - All One Big Mistake [1998] ISBN: 0859052540 Area: Asia, Pacific By: W.A. Bee Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: HMAS Perth sailor, wounded Battle of Sunda Strait, becomes POW Java, Burma Railway, Burma end, No. 5 Branch. Then to coal-mines, Moji, Japan via Kanburi, Saigon & Singapore.
And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder [1972] ISBN: 0903488000 Area: Asia By: Leo Rawlings Publisher: Progress Press Potters Bar Herts
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. captured at .
Arthur Blackburn VC [2008] ISBN: 9781862547841 Area: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Pacific By: Andrew Faulkner Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: An Australian hero, his men & their 2 world wars - WW I, Gallipoli & Pozieres (VC), WW II Syria (2/3 MG Bn) & Java (CO Blackforce). Then P.O.W. Java, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan & Manchuria.
Arthur's War [2010] ISBN: 9780670073467 Area: Asia By: Arthur Bancroft with John Harman Publisher: Viking
Comments: Bancroft survived the sinking of HMAS Perth, the Burma Railway with Williams and No.1 Mobile Forces and was rescued by a US submarine after Rakuyo Maru was sunk en route to Japan.
Aussie Soldier Prisoners Of War [2009] ISBN: 9780980325157 Area: Worldwide By: Denny Neave & Craig Smith Publisher: Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Stories of Australian P.O.W.s during numerous wars.
Australians In Wartime [1987] ISBN: 0170059391 Area: Worldwide By: Michael McKernan Publisher: Nelson
Comments: Year 12 history text telling about WW I and WW II. Includes illustrative documents.
Bamboo And Barbed Wire [1988] ISBN: 0950388432 Area: Asia By: Stanley Wood-Higgs Publisher: Roman Press Limited
Comments: British 197th Field Ambulance member who became P.O.W. & was sent to Burma Railway. Diary, stories, poems, etc.
Bamboo And Bushido [1955] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Alf G. Allbury Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Comments: Author's experiences as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and survival from the torpedoed hellship Rakuyo Maru.
Bamboo Doctor [1970] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Stanley S. Pavillard Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Doctor's experience as POW in the camps on the Burma Railway.
Bamboo Round My Shoulder [1981] ISBN: 0949924024 Area: Asia By: George Sprod Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Tales & cartoons of things which happened to P.O.W. (J) which had their funny side.
Barbed Wire & Bamboo [1993] ISBN: 186373421X Area: Worldwide By: Hugh Clarke and Colin Burgess Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Australian P.O.W. stories spanning WW1 and WW2 in Europe and Asia.
Behind Bamboo [UNKNOWN] ISBN: 0140149252 Area: Asia By: Rohan Rivett Publisher: Penquin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Journalist escaped Singapore. POW Java. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch then Tamarkan, Chungkai, Kanburi & Nakom Nayok. Records own & others experiences. Diary-based.
Behind The Wire : The Clinical War Diary Of Dr. Burnett Clarke [1989] ISBN: 0867763078 Area: Asia By: Dr. Burnett Leslie Clarke Publisher: Amphion Press
Comments: War diary compiled in Changi P.O.W. camp 1944-45 by Dr. Burnett Clarke A.A.M.C. of the various lesions suffered by the P.O.W.s.
Betrayal in High Places [1996] ISBN: 0473038188 Area: Asia By: James MacKay Publisher: Tasman Books NZ
Comments: J.G. Godwin, ex-P.O.W. (J) & war crimes investigator, disgusted with Allied politically motivated cessation of investigations, smuggled authentic war crimes documentation out of Japan for historical record.
Blitzkrieg [1977] ISBN: 0809424541 Area: Europe By: Robert Wernick Publisher: Time-Life Books
Comments: Initial attack by Hitler through Holland and Belguim to France and the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Blood, Sweat And Tears [2004] ISBN: 0670040894 Area: Worldwide By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Viking
Comments: Memories of Australian service people, civilians, prisoners of war, & volunteers have of events in Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific and Australia during World War II.
Branch Line to Burma [1958] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John Durnford Publisher: Macdonald & Co. Great Britain
Comments: Junior British officer taken P.O.W. at Singapore. Sent to Burma Railway with Group IV, worked at Tonchan, Thailand. Subsequently sent to Chungkai, Tamuang & officers' camp at Kanburi.
Building The Death Railway [1993] ISBN: 084202428X Area: Asia By: Robert S. La Forte & Ronald E. Marcello Publisher: Scholarly Resources Inc
Comments: Oral history of US soldier & sailor POWs with Australians. From Java, via Burma Railway (Burma & Thailand) to liberation in Thailand, Singapore & Indo-China.
Burma Railway Artist [1994] ISBN: 0670905936 Area: Asia By: Jack Bridger Chalker Publisher: Viking
Comments: English artist's description & pictures as P.O.W. (J) at Kanyu, Chungkai & Nakhon Pathom. He drew many medical sketches as records for Drs Markowitz & Dunlop.
Captives [1986] ISBN: 0702219266 Area: Pacific By: Catherine Kenny Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Comments: Australian Army nurses in Japanese prison camps. Describes camps on Sumatra, Banka, Rabaul & Japan including the Banka Island massacre.
Captivity, Slavery And Survival As A Far East P.O.W. [2012] ISBN: 1848846223 Area: Pacific By: Peter Fyans Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: Gunner of Royal Artillery captured in Far East by Japanese. His used his skills as a conjuror on the Burma Railway to distract the guards.
Changi : The Funny Side [1991] ISBN: 1875583025 Area: Asia By: Slim DeGrey Publisher: Peter Hall
Comments: Recollections of incidents and dry humour at Singapore by a member of the A.I.F. Prisoners' Concert Party.
Changi Photographer : George Aspinall's Record Of Captivity [1989] ISBN: 0725105801 Area: Asia By: Tim Bowden Publisher: ABC Enterprises & Sun Books
Comments: Photos and story of P.O.W. at Changi, Singapore and as part of F Force on the Burma Railway .
Cruel Conflict [2008] ISBN: 9781741107388 Area: Worldwide By: Kathryn Spurling Publisher: New Holland
Comments: Story of crewmen of H.M.A.S. Perth 1939-45 and Australian's reactions to them. 14 chapters; 2 on Mediterranean, 3 on Battles of Java Sea & Sunda Strait, 4 on P.O.W. years, diverse experiences.
Cruiser [2010] ISBN: 978174166839 Area: Worldwide By: Mike Carlton Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Comments: The life and loss of H.M.A.S. Perth I and her crew. 706 pages.
Darkest Hour : Lark Force At Rabaul [2006] ISBN: 0760323496 Area: Pacific By: Bruce Gamble Publisher: Zenith Press
Comments: Capture of Lark Force at Rabaul by the Japanese.
Death on the Hellships [2001] ISBN: 0850528216 Area: Asia By: Gregory F. Michno Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Son of U.S.S. Pampanito submariner records rescues, travel and deaths of Allied P.O.W.s(J) as Pacific war progressed & gives background to events.
Death Railway [1973] ISBN: 345097793 Area: Asia By: Clifford Kinvig Publisher: Pan/Ballantine
Comments: English officer and historian's account of the Burma Railway. Many illustrations.
Diary Of A Girl In Changi [1999] ISBN: 0731808398 Area: Asia By: Sheila Allen Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Sheila Allen, a Eurasian, was made a civilian P.O.W.(J), aged 17 years. At great risk she kept a diary of those years in Changi and Sime Road, Singapore.
Diggers And Greeks [2010] ISBN: 9781742230146 Area: Europe By: Maria Hill Publisher: University of New South Wales Press Ltd
Comments: The Australian campaigns in Greece & Crete.
Doctor's Diary And Memoirs [1994] ISBN: 0646194739 Area: Asia By: Roy Mills Publisher: R. M. Mills
Comments: Diary of the author who was a doctor in Lt. Colonel Pond's Party, F Force on the Burma Railway. Also tells about other doctors & individuals affected.
Don't Worry About Me [2004] ISBN: 0646440268 Area: Asia By: Robyn Arvier Publisher: Robyn Arvier
Comments: Collection of letters written by members of 8th Division AIF before & after being made POW. Includes brief description about letter writer.
Doomed Battalion : The Australian 2/40 Battalion 1940-45 [1995] ISBN: 1863737634 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Henning Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Battalion history. 2/40 fought in Timor. All P.O.W.s to Java. Dispersed. Main groups Java, Burma Railway in Thailand with Dunlop, Japan, Singapore & Sumatra. Discusses reasons & reactions.
Escape And Evasion [2001] ISBN: 0304362379 Area: Worldwide By: Ian Dear Publisher: Cassell & Co
Comments: Description of eighteen great escapes and the organisations that set up escape lines.
Escape From Hell: The Sandakan Story [1958] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Walter Wallace Publisher: Robert Hale Limited
Comments: Australian escaped from Sandakan to the Philippines where he worked with the guerillas before being returned to Australia.
Foo A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun [1993] ISBN: 0929398467 Area: Asia By: Frank Fujita Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Comments: Diary-based account by 1 of only 2 Japanese-American P.O.W. (J). US artilleryman, P.O.W. Java 1942 then Japan. Worked shipbuilding & propaganda radio. Saw Tokyo bombings close up.
From Snow To Jungle [1987] ISBN: 0041580125 Area: Asia, Middle East, Pacific By: John Bellair Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: History of 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. 1st formation fought in Syria & Java. Most made P.O.W. on Burma Railway (Thailand end) then dispersed. Battalion reformed and fought in New Guinea.
Guests Of The Emperor [2012] ISBN: 9781477281147 Area: Asia By: Jean Newland Publisher: AuthorHouse
Comments: Stories of Allied P.O.W.s in Rangoon Jail, Burma during World War 2.
Hell Under The Rising Sun [2008] ISBN: 9781585446353 Area: Asia By: Kelly E. Crager Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Comments: Texan Battalion fought alongside Australians on Java then became P.O.W. Most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians. Majority with No. 5 Branch. Then dispersed.
Hellfire [2005] ISBN: 9780330423083 Area: Asia By: Cameron Forbes Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Account of Australian P.O.W.s of the Japanese across Asia and in particular the Burma Railway.
Hell's Heroes [2010] ISBN: 9780732289850 Area: Pacific By: Roger Maynard Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia P/L
Comments: The forgotten story of the worst P.O.W. camp in Japan, Camp 4-B.
Heroic Australian Women In War [2004] ISBN: 0732276691 Area: Worldwide By: Susanna De Vries Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Comments: Exploits of Australian women in both World Wars.
Holidaying On The Continent [2009] ISBN: 9780980567427 Area: Europe By: Richard Munro Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Story of Jim Munro as Lancaster bomb aimer over Europe until the plane was shot down and he became P.O.W. until end of war.
In The Line Of Fire [2007] ISBN: 9780330422475 Area: Worldwide By: Rex Sadler & Tom Hayllar Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Real stories of Australians at war from Gallipoli to Vietnam.
In The Shadow of Death [2005] ISBN: 1844152464 Area: Asia By: Idris James Barwick Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: Barwick, a P.O.W. (J), was a British medical orderly at Changi and with F Force on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Afterwards he remained at Kanburi until April 1944 & then returned to Changi.
Into The Smother [1993] ISBN: 0140175148 Area: Pacific By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Second of 3 books about author's experiences as P.O.W. of the Japanese after his ship H.M.A.S. Perth was sunk. This book covers his time on the Burma Railway. (Thailand end with Dunlop.) Based on diary.
Java Rabble [2008] ISBN: 9780859054195 Area: Asia By: Fred Skeels Publisher: Hesperian Press
Comments: H.M.A.S. Perth survivor taken P.O.W. in Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway (Burma end, No. 5 Group). Then Tamarkan, via Saigon and Singapore to Japan. Coalmines at Camp 22, Fukuoka, Japan.
Keep the Men Alive [2009] ISBN: 9781741757385 Area: Asia By: Rosalind Hearder Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Australian P.O.W. (J) doctors in captivity, the means they used to keep the men alive & the effects of the experience on them.
Kent Hughes A Biography [1972] ISBN: 0333139097 Area: Asia By: Frederick Howard Publisher: Macmillan
Comments: 4 of 24 chapters cover his war service in Singapore and time as a POW in Singapore, Formosa and Manchuria.
Kill The Tiger [2007] ISBN: 9781905379392 Area: Asia By: Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin Publisher: Maverick House Publishers
Comments: The truth behind commando Operation Rimau at Singapore.
Kinkaseki : One Day At A Time [2000] ISBN: 0620254416 Area: Asia By: Arthur Titherington Publisher: Covos Day Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of 1,300 days in a Japanese slave labour camp.
Kitoski Bakaro! Attention, Fool! [1998] ISBN: 157168171X Area: Asia By: William J. Weissinger, Jr Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin, Texas
Comments: How U.S.S. Houston sailor made shore. P.O.W. Java. Bicycle Camp, Changi, Burma Railway No.5 Branch, Thailand Kanburi area, Railway maintenance stint, released near Bangkok & returned home.
Kura! [1966] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Cornel Lumiere Publisher: Jacaranda Press
Comments: Lumiere was taken P.O.W. of the Japanese with the Dutch Army in Sumatra. He was sent to Burma, where he became interpreter for No. 3 Branch P.O.W.s.
Kurrah! [1991] ISBN: 064604415X Area: Asia By: FWG Publisher: R.J. & S.P. Austin, Australia
Comments: P.O.W. experiences of author, sapper, 2/12 Field Coy, A.I.F. After Changi with D force to Burma Rail, Thai end; survived cholera; to Japan per 'Byoki' Maru & worked at the mines.
Last Man Out [1989] ISBN: 1852232315 Area: Asia By: H. Robert Charles Publisher: The Crowood Press
Comments: Story of Dr Henri Hekking, Dutch doctor on Burma Railway, taken P.O.W. in Timor where he had to leave his wife and 2 children. Author survived sinking of U.S.S. Houston.
Legacies Of Our Fathers [2005] ISBN: 0734408773 Area: Asia By: Carolyn Newman Publisher: Thomas C. Lothian P/L
Comments: Stories told by sons and daughters of Japanese P.O.W.s about their fathers.
Letters To Wendy [2003] ISBN: 0646427725 Area: Worldwide By: Len Lemke Publisher: Len Lemke
Comments: Letters Lemke wrote to his daughter about his Army experiences with 2/29 Bn, 2/2 Mg Bn and as a P.O.W. with F Force.
Line Of Lost Lives [1996] ISBN: 0951366602 Area: Asia By: J. S. Cosford Publisher: Gryphon Books
Comments: British P.O.W.'s account of the Burma Railway.
Massacre At Parit Sulong [1995] ISBN: 0864177321 Area: Asia By: Gilbert Mant Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Account of this massacre during the defence of Malaya and what happened to those who were there.
Men Of The Line [2005] ISBN: 1876439289 Area: Asia By: Gordon Nelson Publisher: Australian Military History Publications
Comments: Author taken P.O.W. in Singapore. Burma Railway (Burma end, No.3 Branch). Then Tamarkan, Nakom Paton, Chungkai, Wampo, Tarsau and Tamuan.
My Life with the Samurai [1996] ISBN: 0864178123 Area: Asia By: Anthony Cowling Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Young British/Singaporean joined R.A.F. Singapore; escaped to Java. Made P.O.W. Worked in Indonesian slave labour camps on Java, Haruku, Ambon & Muna.
My Side Of The Kwai [2001] ISBN: 0731810112 Area: Asia By: Les Atkinson Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Reminiscences of an Australian P.O.W. of the Japanese.
Neither Hero Nor Coward [1997] ISBN: 0646308882 Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Kevin Nolan (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Mary A. Bingham
Comments: Autobiography. Nearly 200 of 271 pages are author's war diary. He was a 2/2 Pioneer. Fought Syria & Java. POW. To Burma Railway, Burma end, No.3 Branch, then Kanburi & Nakom Paton.
Nippon Very Sorry - Many Men Must Die [1990] ISBN: 0864391129 Area: Worldwide By: Queensland Ex-POW Reparation Committee Publisher: Boolarong Publications
Comments: Submission to Human Rights Commission of U.N. Organisation claiming reparations from Government of Japan on behalf of Australian Ex-P.O.W.s. Includes Japanese map of Railway.
No Lost Battalion [2005] ISBN: 0957975287 Area: Asia By: John Lack Publisher: Slouch Hat Publications
Comments: Oral history of the 2/29 Battalion in Malaya, Singapore and on the Burma Railway.
Of Love And War [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Philippa Poole Publisher: Lansdowne Press
Comments: The letters & diaries of Captain Adrian Curlewis & his family 1939-45. Curlewis was at Changi & with F Force. His mother was authoress Ethel Turner.
One Fourteenth Of An Elephant [2003] ISBN: 0330364634 Area: Asia By: Ian Denys Peek Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Japanese P.O.W. diary on Burma Railway.
One Man's War [1982] ISBN: 1405035773 Area: Asia By: Stan Arneil Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Diary of Changi and the Burma-Thailand Railway kept by the author (Australian Army Sergeant).
Ordinary Heroes [1999] ISBN: 1864981032 Area: Worldwide By: Barry Dickins Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Comments: Personal recollections of Australians at war.
Prisoner Of Two Wars [2001] ISBN: 1862545545 Area: Europe, Asia By: Sherriff Probert & John Probert Publisher: Wakefield Press
Comments: Biography of John Moule Probert, British Army & R.A.F. World War 1. P.O.W. of the Germans. A.I.F. 2/15 Field Regiment in defence of Malaya. P.O.W. of Japanese at Singapore & Sandakan.
Prisoner Of War [1973] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Clyde Fillmore Publisher: Nortex Publications Texas USA
Comments: Account by US artillery officer made P.O.W. (J) on Java. Sent with No.5 Branch to Burma. After Burma Railway completed went to Tamarkan, Chungkai and Kanburi.
Prisoners Of The Japanese [2008] ISBN: 9781921215919 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Gavan Daws Publisher: Scribe Publications
Comments: Experiences of P.O.W.s in Japanese captivity in the Pacific.
Prisoners Of War : Australians Under Nippon [1985] ISBN: 0642527369 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Hank Nelson Publisher: ABC Enterprises
Comments: Story of P.O.W.s from fall of Singapore, being on the Burma Railway and to the conclusion of the war.
Proud Echo [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ronald McKie Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Comments: Ten survivors from H.M.A.S. Perth tell of the Battle of Sunda Strait and how they became P.O.W. on Java.
Railroad To Burma [1991] ISBN: 1863730087 Area: Asia By: James Boyle Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: Story pieced together from the diaries kept by P.O.W. James Boyle from 23 April to 14 December 1943 of his time working on the Burma Railway.
Railway Of Hell [2002] ISBN: 0850528720 Area: Asia By: Reginald Burton Publisher: Leo Cooper
Comments: Officer of Royal Norfolks fought in defence of Singapore. P.O.W. with Australians; Changi, H Force Burma Railway, Thailand end; Tamarkan area; returned to Singapore.
Ray Parkin [2005] ISBN: 0522851967 Area: Asia By: Ray Parkin Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival (drawn from Chapters 4 to 7 Into The Smother - same author).
Ray Parkin's Odyssey [2012] ISBN: 9781405039970 Area: Asia By: Pattie Wright Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: A P.O.W.'s survival, after the sinking of the H.M.A.S. Perth off Java, on the Burma Railway and Japan's coal mines.
Remembering Weary [1996] ISBN: 0140269703 Area: Asia, Australia By: Margaret Geddes Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Comments: Interviews with many people who knew the great Sir Weary Dunlop.
Return From The River Kwai [1989] ISBN: 0354044176 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Joan & Clay Blair Jr. Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: 2218 'fit' British & Australian POWs chosen to go to Japan after Burma Railway built. Torpedoed en route. About 800 survived days in sea. About 650 rescued by Japanese & about 150 by US subs.
Reveille Souvenir Collector's Edition 2003 [2003] ISBN: 0975050605 Area: Worldwide By: Returned Services League Publisher: Emap Contract Publications
Comments: Numerous stories submitted by veterans and families of war experiences.
Rice And Radish [2008] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: John K. Lloyd Publisher: BookPOD
Comments: Daily diaries of a 2/29 Battalion soldier and A Force Burma Railway P.O.W.
Road To Hiroshima [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: Kenneth Harrison Publisher: Rigby
Comments: Autobiography of soldier of the 8th Division in Malaya who became P.O.W. and was sent to Singapore, Hellfire Pass (Burma Railway) and Nagasaki in Japan.
Samurais and Circumcisions [1985] ISBN: 0959008721 Area: Asia By: Leslie Poidevin Publisher: Leslie Poidevin
Comments: Memory-based account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of Australian doctor captured Timor & sent to Java. Covers many medical cases.
Sandakan [2013] ISBN: 9781864711417 Area: Asia By: Paul Ham Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Sandakan Death Marches to Ranau in Borneo in 1944. Out of 1000+ prisoners, only 6 survived.
Sandakan A Conspiracy of Silence [2006] ISBN: 1863512454 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Comments: Conditions and massacre of Australian & British P.O.W.s at Sandakan. Botched rescue attempt & its Australian cover-up. Amazing detail considering so few survived.
Secret Letters From The Railway [2004] ISBN: 1844151182 Area: Asia By: Brian Best Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Comments: The remarkable record of Charles Steel - a Japanese P.O.W.
Ship Of Ghosts [2006] ISBN: 0553803905 Area: Asia By: James D. Hornfischer Publisher: Bantam Books
Comments: 63 chapters re U.S.S. Houston - 16 on sea battles, 43 on P.O.W. days. Survivors of sinking P.O.W. in Java. Few sent to Japan but most to Burma Railway, Burma end with Australians in Branches 3 and 5.
Ships From Hell : Japanese war Crimes On The High Seas [2002] ISBN: 750927194 Area: Pacific By: Raymond Lamont-Brown Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes the Japanese hellships used to transport P.O.W.s under the most disgusting conditions imaginable & the ships' eventual fates.
Shot Down And On The Run [2003] ISBN: 1903365538 Area: Worldwide By: Graham Pitchfork Publisher: The National Archives
Comments: R.A.F. and Commonwealth aircrews who got home from behind enemy lines 1940-1945.
Slaves Of The Samurai [1946] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: W. S. Kent Hughes Publisher: Oxford University Press
Comments: Kent Hughes account, in verse, of the surrender of Singapore and his P.O.W. days in Changi, Formosa, Japan, Korea and Manchuria.
Slaves Of The Son Of Heaven [1953] ISBN: No Area: Asia, Pacific By: R. H. Whitecross Publisher: Lake and Ashes
Comments: Story of an Australian P.O.W. of the Japanese 1942 to 1945.
Speedo! Speedo! [2001] ISBN: 095409140X Area: Pacific By: Bill Spalding Publisher: Majic Ink
Comments: British P.O.W. personal experiences from Battle of Singapore, capture & time on the Burma Railway.
Summer Will Come Again [1987] ISBN: 0949206180 Area: Asia By: John Lane Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Comments: Diary-based account of 2/4 Machine gunner made P.O.W. (J) Singapore. At Changi until May '43 then to Japan. Worked a variety of jobs in Kobe area until war's end.
Survival Against Odds [1983] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Ernest Charles William Corrie (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Golden Banner Printing Service, Castlemaine
Comments: 32p. Diary based. Author per 'Orcades' to Java. POW. Burma Railway with Dunlop, Thai end. Then Chungkai area. At war's end was at Pratchai, Thailand.
Survival On Ambon [2005] ISBN: 0646186159 Area: Asia By: Ailsa Rolley Publisher: Ailsa Rolley
Comments: 1st published 1994. Based on taped conversations with Les Hohl, a member of Gull Force.
Surviving Captivity [2010] ISBN: 9781921509964 Area: Worldwide By: R.W. Christie Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Comments: Campaign & P.O.W. (J), (F Force) diary of Bob Christie, 2/29 Bn. Editor John Lack integrated historical context with Bob's words.
Surviving The Sword [2005] ISBN: 1400064139 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Brian MacArthur Publisher: Random House
Comments: P.O.W. stories across numerous Japanese camps including Japan, Sandakan, Changi, the Burma Railway and the transport hellships.
Survivor On The River Kwai [2014] ISBN: 9780241965115 Area: Asia By: Reg Twigg Publisher: Penguin Books
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. of the the Japanese on the Burma Railway. He describes his survival.
Tenko on the River Kwai [1987] ISBN: 0949457124 Area: Asia By: Arnold Jordan Publisher: Regal Publications
Comments: Tasmanian, 2/4 C.C.S. & mates' P.O.W. experiences. A Force Tavoy, Thanbyuzayat, 30 Kilo Camp, near 3 Pagoda's Pass, Tamarkan, Chungkai, Tamuan. Home per ship Circassia. Background material.
The Albert Coates Story [1977] ISBN: 0908090013 Area: Asia By: Albert Coates and Newman Rosenthal Publisher: Hyland House Publishing Pty Limited
Comments: Biography of Albert Coates who was a doctor on the Burma Railway.
The Bamboo Express [1979] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Benjamin Dunn Publisher: Adams Press, Chicago, Illinois
Comments: U.S. soldier taken P.O.W. Java. Via Singapore to Burma Railway, Burma end with No. 5 Branch. Then Tamarkan, Nakhon Pathom, Petburi and Nakhon Nayok.
The Battle For Singapore [2005] ISBN: 0749950854 Area: Asia By: Peter Thompson Publisher: Portrait Books
Comments: Description of the lead up to and actual battle resulting in the surrender of Singapore.
The Blue Haze [1996] ISBN: 0864177860 Area: Asia By: Leslie Hall Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Story of the men of 'A' Force who laboured on the Burma Railway from April 1942 to late 1943.
The Bridge at Parit Sulong [2004] ISBN: 0949284653 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: The Watermark Press
Comments: Detailed description of the massacre at Parit Sulong; the lead-up to it, survival of a few men and attempt to find the perpetrators to bring them to trial before the Allies opted for reconciliation with Japan.
The Burma-Siam Railway [1983] ISBN: 0901627267 Area: Asia By: Robert Hardie Publisher: Imperial War Museum
Comments: Secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie 1942 to 1945.
The Burma-Thailand Railway [1993] ISBN: 1863734236 Area: Asia By: Gavan McCormack & Hank Nelson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: An attempt to understand what happened on the Burma-Thailand Railway and why. Contributors are Australian ex-P.O.W.s, Japanese and Australian historians and a Korean guard.
The Burma-Thailand Railway Of Death [1981] ISBN: 0949847054 Area: Asia By: E. R. (Bon) Hall Publisher: Graphic Books
Comments: R.A.A.F. officer taken P.O.W. Java. Burma Railway. Relates story of numerous groups. Released Thailand. Well illustrated.
The Changi Brownlow [2010] ISBN: 9780733624643 Area: Asia By: Roland Perry Publisher: Hachette
Comments: From the fighting in Malaya, through P.O.W. days at Changi & with F Force on the Burma Railway, the author uses the story of Changi Brownlow winner "Peter" Chitty, 2/2 Mg Bn, to describe the Pacific war.
The Colonel Of Tamarkan [2006] ISBN: 074349573X Area: Asia By: Julie Summers Publisher: Pocket Books
Comments: Philip Toosey and the bridge over of the River Kwai.
The Final Betrayal [2010] ISBN: 9781848840942 Area: Asia By: Mark Felton Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: British historian describes treatment of P.O.W.s (J) & situations of Mountbatten & MacArthur in Japanese occupied areas during WWII. Also how P.O.W. survival, war crimes trials & Japanese attitude to WWII were affected.
The Forgotten Highlander [2010] ISBN: 9781408702116 Area: Asia By: Alistair Urquhart Publisher: Little Brown
Comments: Experiences of Gordon Highlander P.O.W. (J) - Singapore, Kanyu, cholera, Chungkai. Returned to Singapore, survived sinking Kachidoku Maru & reached Japan. Effects on him post-war.
The Hotel Tacloban [1985] ISBN: 0207149992 Area: Pacific By: Douglas Valentine Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
Comments: Experiences of a U.S. soldier captured in New Guinea and interned at "Hotel Tacloban" in the Philippines.
The Jungle Is Neutral [1950] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: F. Spencer Chapman, D.S.O. Publisher: The Reprint Society Ltd
Comments: The author survived the jungle for three and a half years, escaping from Chinese bandits and the Japanese to eventually emerge and be sent back to Malaya after a few months.
The Knights Of Bushido [1989] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Lord Russell Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Comments: A short history of Japanese war crimes.
The Line [2005] ISBN: 0975770810 Area: Asia By: Arch & Martin Flanagan Publisher: One Day Hill
Comments: Arch served with 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion in Syria and Java. He was a POW with Dunlop. 4 pieces he wrote are interspersed with his son's comments.
The Long Range Desert Group [2003] ISBN: 0850528062 Area: Africa, Europe By: David Lloyd Owen Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Comments: History of the Long Range Desert Group.
The March of Death [1967] ISBN: No Area: Pacific By: Stanley L. Falk Publisher: Horwitz Publications
Comments: Story of the Bataan death march of U.S. & Filipino soldiers.
The Men Of The Line [2008] ISBN: 9780522854831 Area: Asia By: Pattie Wright Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing Ltd
Comments: Stories of the Burma Railway survivors.
The Missing Years [2009] ISBN: 9781877058776 Area: Asia By: Stu Lloyd Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Edited account by Captain Hugh Pilkington, Royal Norfolks. Malaya campaign; Alexandra Hospital massacre; Singapore; Burma Railway, Thai end, H Force; Kanburi; Singapore.
The Moon Seems Upside Down [1995] ISBN: 1863737642 Area: Asia By: Jim Mitchell (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Allen Unwin Pty Ltd
Comments: The war letters of Jim Mitchell.
The Naked Island [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Russell Braddon Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Comments: Story of P.O.W.s from fall of Singapore to being on the Burma Railway.
The Railway Man [1995] ISBN: 0393039102 Area: Asia By: Eric Lomax Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co. Inc
Comments: Eric Lomax's time as a P.O.W. on the Burma Railway and the years that followed repatriation.
The Rats Of Rangoon [1989] ISBN: 0099600501 Area: Asia By: Lionel Hudson Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Author's time as a P.O.W. in Rangoon Jail, Burma. He was a Wing Commander in the R.A.A.F. & kept a diary. He met the O.I.C. of the jail after the war.
The Remorseless Road [2001] ISBN: 1840373016 Area: Asia By: James McEwan Publisher: Airlife Publishing Limited
Comments: Scottish intelligence officer with 36 and 100 Squadrons. Allied crews flew obsolete Vildebeest torpedo bombers at Endau and on Java. Made P.O.W. Some to Ohama in Japan October 1942 until war's end.
The Rise, Fall And Regeneration Of The 2/7th Australian Field Ambulance, A.I.F. In World War II [1995] ISBN: 0909209952 Area: Africa, Europe, Australia, Pacific By: Gordon Hoff Publisher: Peacock Publications
Comments: Unit history of 2/7 Australian Field Ambulance.
The Story Of Billy Young [2012] ISBN: 9780670076178 Area: Asia By: Anthony Hill Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Comments: P.O.W. in Changi, Sandakan & Outram Rd prisons.
The Story Of The 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion [1953] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Asia, Pacific By: E.F. Aitken (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion Association
Comments: 2/2 Pioneer Battalion history.
The Survival Factor XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [1953] ISBN: No Area: Africa, Asia, Pacific By: E.F. Aitken (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion Association
Comments: 2/2 Pioneer Battalion history.
The Tale Of A Tojo Tourist [1996] ISBN: 0646275402 Area: Asia, Pacific By: John Towers Publisher: Self published
Comments: Author, A.A.S.C. attached 22 Brigade. P.O.W. Changi; D Force Railway Thai end; Nong Pladuk; via Singapore to Japan. Coal mining, Camp 17 near Fukuoka with U.S. P.O.W.s from Philippines.
The True Story Of The Death Railway & The Bridge On The River Kwai [UNKNOWN] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: J.P. Publisher: ?
Comments: None written yet.
The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop [1990] ISBN: 0140128611 Area: Asia By: E. E. Dunlop Publisher: Penguin
Comments: Java and the Burma Thailand Railway 1942-1945.
The War Journal Of Major Damon Rocky" Gause" [1999] ISBN: 0330362038 Area: Pacific By: Damon Gause Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: 159 day escape of U.S. soldier from the Bataan Death March and then by leaky boat to Australia.
The Will to Survive [2002] ISBN: 1862271119 Area: Asia By: Arthur Godman Publisher: Spellmount Ltd, Kent
Comments: Account of P.O.W. (J) experiences of British artillery officer involved in Malayan retreat. At Changi, with H Force to Burma Railway Tonchan S, Thai end, Kanburi, then Sime Road & Changi again.
The Will to Survive : A Private's View As A P.O.W. [1995] ISBN: 0864177062 Area: Asia By: Douglas McLaggan Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
Comments: Became P.O.W. after fall of Singapore & ended up on the Burma Railway. At Changi when war ended. Repatriated to Australia on the Oranje.
To Hell-fire, Purgatory and Back [2000] ISBN: 0646398083 Area: Asia By: Ian Saggers Publisher: Optima Press
Comments: Major A. E. Saggers, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion & Special Reserve Battalion, battle experiences Singapore and P.O.W. days with H Force, Thailand. Diary based.
To The Kwai And Back [2006] ISBN: 0285637452 Area: Asia By: Ronald Searle Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Comments: English artist's drawings and description of his time as a P.O.W. (J) in Changi, with H Force on the Burma-Thailand Railway in Thailand and later Changi again.
To The River Kwai Two Journeys - 1943, 1979 [1988] ISBN: 0747502978 Area: Asia By: John Stewart Publisher: Bloomsbury
Comments: Author was British P.O.W. (J) interpreter with F Force on the Burma Railway. In 1979 he returned to the Railway, & went as far north as 50 Kilo Camp from Thanbyuzayat. Descriptions of the 2 journeys are interleaved.
Twice Their Prisoner [1946] ISBN: No Area: Middle East, Pacific By: Walter Irvine Summons (2/2 Pioneer) Publisher: Ramsay, Ware Publishing
Comments: Author was P.O.W. in Syria and later in Java as part of the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
Unit 731 [1990] ISBN: 0586208224 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Williams & David Wallace Publisher: Grafton Books
Comments: Japanese Army Unit 731's biological and chemical human experiments performed on Allied P.O.W.s.
Unsung Heroes of the Royal Air Force [2002] ISBN: 1903172217 Area: Asia By: Les & Pam Stubbs Publisher: Barny Books, Lincolnshire, U.K.
Comments: About R.A.F. F.E.P.O.W.s - where captured, work they did & movements as P.O.W.s. 180 page Roll of R.A.F. & some Commonwealth Air Force P.O.W. (J) & their movements.
Unsung Ordinary Men [2010] ISBN: 9780733625244 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Sally Dingo Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: Author's grandfather and father served in WW I (France) & WWII (Timor, P.O.W., J) respectively. She tells how their war experiences affected these men & those around them.
War Behind The Wire [2008] ISBN: 978073362111 Area: Worldwide By: Michael Caulfield Publisher: Hachette Australia
Comments: From interviews of 59 prisoners, mostly of World War 2, in "The Australians at War Film Archive". A topic per chapter.
War Diaries [2006] ISBN: 1920785833 Area: Asia By: Fred Lasslett Publisher: Brolga Publishing
Comments: P.O.W. diary in Japanese Camps.
Weary : The Life Of Sir Edward Dunlop [1995] ISBN: 0140240071 Area: Worldwide By: Sue Ebury Publisher: Penquin Books
Comments: Biography of Weary Dunlop 1907 to 1993.
What Price Surrender? [1989] ISBN: 0049101188 Area: Pacific By: Desmond Jackson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Author's experiences with Black Force in Java and as P.O.W. on the Burma Railway.
When The Balloon Went Up [1990] ISBN: 0044422091 Area: Asia By: Hugh V. Clarke Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: Series of short stories illustrating the humour and mateship of Australians involved in the Malayan campaign and as P.O.W. (J) on the Burma Railway and in Japan.
When You Go Home [1993] ISBN: 1897666004 Area: Asia By: Arthur Lane Publisher: A. Lane Publications, U.K.
Comments: Returned British soldier's account of Malayan campaign, Burma Railway & return visit with photos. Lists some war criminals. Roll of Honour of U.K. Forces who died during the campaign & as P.O.W.s.
While History Passed [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Jessie Elizabeth Simons Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
White Coolies [1954] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Betty Jeffrey Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Comments: Story of Australian Nurses, evacuated from Singapore per Vyner Brooke, who survived its sinking & were taken P.O.W. On Banka Island & Sumatra.
Wingless Victory [1953] ISBN: No Area: Europe By: Anthony Richardson Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd
Comments: Sir Basil Embry's escape from occupied France in 1940.
Women Beyond the Wire [1997] ISBN: 0099248220 Area: Asia By: Lavinia Warner and John Sandilands Publisher: Arrow Books Limited
Comments: Story told by English women, in the same group as Betty Jeffrey and Jessie Simons, of Singapore before and during its fall and their P.O.W. experiences.
You'll Die In Singapore [1956] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Charles McCormac Publisher: Reader's Union Ltd
Comments: Escape by P.O.W. from Singapore, down Sumatra and Java until picked up by a Catalina.
You'll Never Get Off the Island [1989] ISBN: 0043522416 Area: Asia By: Keith Wilson Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Comments: 8th Division Signalman's tales of people of all nationalities whom he met in Singapore where he stayed for the duration of the war.

Total books : 164